Shooting – Shotgun Shooting

June 6, 2011

A Shotgun is similar to a rifle, but typically fires projectiles that either contain many smaller sub-projectiles, or one large projectile. They are more often than not pump-action or single-shot-and-reload actions. Following are the popular Shotgun Shooting events:

The three Shotgun ISSF shooting events (presently all Olympic) are based on quick reaction to clay targets thrown by a machine

Other shotgun sports with (at least partial) international recognition include Sporting Clays, providing more variation than the standard ISSF events, and Down-The-Line. Five stand is also a shotgun shooting sport similar to skeet, but with more target variety. There are five stations, or stands. At each station there is normally a card that lets the shooter know the sequence of birds he or she will be shooting at

Cowboy Action Shooting also may involve shotguns

Practical shooting uses high capacity shotguns (usually pump or semi-automatic). It has emerged particularly in countries where handguns have been banned